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To start it off, I'm gonna say that I have watched the anime series (it was a long time ago though, like four years ago? But I digress) and am currently playing the VN recently which pulled me to watch this. I know that I'm almost 12 years late into the party but I'm going to give my thoughts on this one anyway. Just a discretion though, I may be making comparisons so please bear with me.

First off, the story. I know that his father cleared up that he neglected Tomoya as a child but for him to treat his father like trash just because ... he's having nightmares? I don't know man, quite an asshole move, it is also the one that lead to the fight that broke his shoulder anyway so I think he only has himself to blame for that one. Not that his father is blameless in this situation.

I also find this version of Clannad quite cringey, it's like they just took the character archetype they belonged in and turned it up on extreme. For example Sunohara, who is at least acting like a human being in the original, in this version though, he straight up became an animal, going as far as to jump on his people and bite them all over, other scenes include him jumping over tables and climbs on wire fences like a spider. I don't know, it just freaked me out. And Tomoya's brooding is also over the top, I mean, who walks with their back hunched THAT low all the damn time? And Nagisa's unnatural smiling face is also ugh, and her excuse for not climbing the hill and following a complete stranger... ha, I'll just stop picking on everything. I'll at least say that in the vn and anime her reactions are more natural. I think it's obvious that I'm not a fan of how they did the characterizations.

Another thing that ticked me is that they changed up the backstories of the characters in general. I don't think Mei, Ryou, and Fuko existed in this movie. Kotomi who is the weird genius bookworm who is always shut in the library became a conductor of a choir. What. And also Kyou was reduced into being Tomoyo's lackey. I guess the only change up that I kind of enjoyed is Ibuki Kouko's character who became more proactive in the movie.

Regarding the art, I know that it is understandable as it was produced back in 2007, however, I'm not a big fan of it. There are some parts where the art looks nice though, but generally, not my tea. The background is also to dark-ish even though it's daytime, which I find weird. Another peeve of mine is Akio's hair, they made it neck length, but it's only a small peeve however, moving on. The sound is okay, didn't really stand out, I liked the new dango song though but I'm more biased toward the original one.

Overall, this is a bit tiring to watch and is only enjoyable in some parts. Even if I don't compare it to the original, it still seems dull. A solid 4/10.

Dagashi Kashi is basically a show featuring different kinds of Japanese snacks and candies along with light-hearted comedy and some fanservice.

The plot line about his father wanting him to succeed the candy shop so that he could work in Hotaru's company made little importance to the show (the last 2 eps}, so the anime has almost no story and are focused more on the snacks, candies, and gags.

The characters are good. Hotaru is quite an interesting ball of energy and weirdness along with Kokonotsu's father and are balanced by the more normal (but not boring) Kokonotsu and Saya. Tou, Kokonotsu's best friend, was the guy ... in between, a little weird and a little normal. So all in all, the characters are almost perfectly corresponding to each other and made this show comical and amusing.

The art is amazing, but what caught my attention were their eyes, while in numerous anime these days where the eyes are largish, Dagashi Kashi did the opposite, which is what pulled me into watching it in the first place.

Overall, I would say this is good, if you are the type who wants a good laugh. Personally, this is my weekly source of entertainment when it was still ongoing and I was always looking forward to it.

Glasslip is... well, I don't quite understand it much, but it's about a group of third year high students undergoing their summer vacation-- which is the final summer vacation they will have as high schoolers for they will graduate after that school year ends. Two of these said teenagers possesses abilities of some sort that allowed them to see/hear the "future fragments".

It all started with five "close" friends from childhood who often hangs out, and stuff like that (the normal squad stuff). It all changed when Okikura "David" Kakeru came in town claiming that he saw the same thing as Fukami Touko, our MC, during ... the fireworks festival from the start. And starting from there, the group started going separate ways and don't seem to be as close as they were before.

My opinion in this is this: if their friendship is that easy to break, then were they even close in the first place?

Moving on to the characters, the MC Touko is... well... I would say shallow. She actually fell for David after she only met him. Or maybe it was because they possess the same abilities? Or maybe because she saw the "future"? I wouldn't know, but it does happen in real life.

She has this ability to see the future (I don't know if what she can see is future though, but for this review's sake, let's just say that she can see the future), it is triggered whenever she looks at reflective, shiny things (namely, glass).

In general, she is this string who holds the group together and the group fell apart because her, being the string, was taken by David, who she spent most of her time with.

David is quite a stoic and serious boy, at times he can be blunt and straightforward. He is also perceptive but is insensitive to people's feelings, so he ends up saying too much and whatnot. David has two other alternate egos, to whom he talks to about his problems. He hops from place to place because of his Mom's job, he happened to be in this town and saw the same thing Touko did, which intrigued him.

He has the ability to hear the future, it occurs whenever he hears his mother's classical music.

There's Imi Yukinari who liked Touko, a runner from the track team, and his step-sister, Takayama Yanagi, who liked Yuki. At first, it confused me as to why they were living together, and I had to look up that they were actually step-siblings, they should really explain that one from the start geez. I still wonder why they have different surnames though. Anyway, Yuki is the guy who is almost always seen with a scowl, he is also jealous of David at the beginning. Yana is the pretty one, although I sometimes get the bitter vibe from her.

I'll go over to Nagamiya Sachi, a frail bookworm who may or may not have romantic feelings for Touko, and Shirosaki Hiro, who is in love with Sachi. I actually find him sweet. Well, Sachi harbors feeling of hatred towards David for being the reason their group falls apart. But I'm glad that Sachi is gradually falling for Hiro, so it's all good.

The art and music is amazing and the effects are almost flawless. The art is what I see as the strong part of this anime. I like the frozen frames in each episode (the ones when it pauses and portrays the scene as an amazing drawing). The ending of ep 13 which showed all the frozen frames is very enjoyable.

On the whole, this anime is not so good, the plot is all over the place, and there are a lot of things that are left unexplained. Personally, there are scenes that just made my eyes roll, and there are also scenes where I was like "What just happened?". I do recommend it if you like good art, because the art is just fantastic.